Bursledon
BURSLEDON, a chapelry, in the parish of Hound, union of South Stoneham, hundred of Bishop's-Waltham, Southampton and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4¾ miles (E. S. E.) from Southampton; containing 548 inhabitants. It comprises 519 acres, whereof 98 are common or waste; and lies at the head of the estuary of the river Hamble, which is crossed by a bridge on the road from Southampton to Portsmouth. Several large vessels have been built for the navy, the creek being very commodious for that purpose, and the water deep enough for eighty-gun ships. The village is irregularly built, on the bank of the river. The chapel, dedicated to St. Leonard, has been enlarged.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.